If you’ve ever been to Charleston, you may have seen this beautiful old pink place. Here’s a little history for you.
This pink beauty is one of the oldest structures in the state of South Carolina and the second oldest structure in Charleston after the Colonel William Rhett House. The date by which it was built has been debated over the years, but the general time period is somewhere between 1694 and 1712.
It’s pink because it was made with Bermuda stone that naturally gives off a pinkish hue. Some would try to paint homes like this, but the pink would eventually show through again.
It’s located on one of the very last cobblestone roads in Charleston. It was a tavern in the 1750s and by the 1780s, a man named James Gordon lived here. It’s four levels with about 1000 square feet. The lower level is no longer visible since the town put in roads and a sewer system.
It has been many things over the years and is now an art gallery.
